About Us
We hope to become a ministry that reaches out to those who have been abused by false shepherds. We would also love to help people to understand what actually constitutes a cult/abusive church before they become enslaved to one. We have met many on our journey who have all but lost their faith because of the actions of people claiming to be Christians. Some have been overcome by fear , thinking themselves totally abandoned by God Himself , and have given up their relationship with Him because of the abuse of false shepherds.
A host of thousands are languishing apart from the the Church having even lost their families to religious groups who have become surrogate parents to their children. Some children have lost parents to bogus “churches” and various religious groups in the same way.
In many cases these whom we have discovered are true Christians who have been abused by false shepherds. The invisable soul wounds are agonizing, even fester, and take a long time to heal. Often they never heal and good people cannot find a place of rest , let alone worship the Lord. There is much fear. Some say these are always “church hopping.”
Very few Christian leaders seem to want to hear or admit that the church includes some “false shepherds” who devour the flock, although Jesus Himself warned us of this very thing. Few church leaders want to go there often because of fear, or are unconscious of the particular need of these hurting ones, especially if they have never experienced such abuse themselves. Often they counsel these tritely to “just go to a good Bible church that preaches Jesus, ” thinking the answer a simple one, because they do not understand the extent of the abuse to the victims’ soul and spirit. Even well meaning church leaders can increase the pain and suffering of these individuals by treating their wounds as nothing. Without realizing it they sometimes even contribute further to the downward spiral of this person’s soul. (It takes Holy Spirit Wisdom and Unconditional Love to deal with these hurting sheep.)
Therefore, many hurting people suffer alone. Our mission is to help these people find closure and healing and perhaps eventually to even find their way back to a loving, faithful church home and to worshiping God again with others who love Him. We hope to provide links to other places and sites that can help as well. So friend, bear with us and new additions will be added here often.
In 2006 my whole family, (myself , then a 60 year old grandmother and Christian for 25 years), My Daughter , and her husband and two young children, and my son, married with 3 sons were all excommunicated from an abusive church which I had attended and where I faithfully served for 20 years. My family made up almost one fourth of that particular church body. My son’s wife was kept in the “church” along with her infant son with the Pastor and his wife being “ surrogate” parents to her and “grandparents” to the child. Her faithful missionary family of mother, father, three brothers and one sister were all pushed out of the young woman’s life as well with the guidance of “church” leaders.
I thought it was a good, healthy church. When the truth of it being an abusive church / cult was finally revealed it was shocking to say the least. They said all the right things about Jesus Christ and it wasn’t until the cult-like bazarre abuse hit myself and my family personally that I began to see that the church was not healthy. The pain of not being allowed to go before the elders which is well provided for in scripture, and being slandered by the Pastors wife whom I loved dearly and served for over 17 years was indescribable. The sorrow of finding out that my love for those leaders was not mutual after I had given them my all, rendered me griefstricken for some time.
For two and a half years it was as if there were open wounds and bleeding bruises on my soul. I spoke out and tried to help those who harmed me to no avail. They were lost in their own little world of elitism and self righteousness. After two and a half years I began to experience healing of the body, soul, and spirit. I have lost 100 lbs and kept it off for the first time in my adult life. I believe this to be the outward expression of the healing going on inside. By God’s Grace I have found a wonderful , healthy, loving church where I can worship the Lord. Finally I can join a church without the horrors of the abusive church situation crowding out any chance of resting in the security of knowing and worshiping Christ within a faithful church body. Praise the Lord that He will bring us through it as we learn to trust Him and take our eyes off the people who have caused the pain focusing only on Him.
There are ways to differentiate between normal church problems and the kinds of situations that show a church to be abusive or cultlike. It pays to know before you invest 20 years of your life into something that is not the truth but a deceptive falsehood. Perhaps my 20 years in the wilderness may help some escape the same fraudulent deception by self-assuming impostors. We hope to be a help to some who are on the verge of being overcome by deception. So bear with us as we expand. Pray for our ministry if you love the Lord and for those oppressed by false religion and wolves in sheeps clothing.
